Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Tennis News

At French Open 2019, Roland Garros, Paris, France

[Q1] Ankita Raina (IND,171) l (WC) Cori Gauff (USA,320) 46 46

Ankita gave a decent fight to the defending junior French Open champion, Cori Gauff ... With her loss, our challenge has got over in the qualifying.

At € 586K Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon 2019, France

[R1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) bt (Alt) Mao-Xin Gong (CHN)/ Lloyd Harris (RSA) 16 63 10-7

[QF] Leander Paes (IND)/ Benoit Paire (FRA) vs (1) Raven Klaasen (RSA)/ Michael Venus (NZL)
[QF] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND)/ Purav Raja (IND) vs (4) Luke Bambridge (GBR)/ Jonny O'Mara (GBR)

Jeevan and Purav started slowly but after losing the first set they made a comeback and won the match in the match tie-break ... In the quarters, they r facing the 4th seeds British pair and Lee-Benoit r facing the top-seed pairing of Klaasen and Venus.

At € 586K Geneva Open 2019, Switzerland

[R1] Philipp Oswald (AUT)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (WC) Marc-Andrea Huesler (SUI)/ Florin Mergea (ROU) 64 64

[QF] Philipp Oswald (AUT)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs Taro Daniel (JPN)/ Marton Fucsovics (HUN)

Divij and Philipp started with straight sets win over Huesler and Mergea ... Next, they r facing Fucsovics and Daniel.

At $54K+H Jerusalem Challenger 2019, Israel

[R2] (4) Saketh Myneni (IND,246) vs Andrea Vavassori (ITA,402)
[R2] (14) Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND,299) vs Gonzalo Escobar (ECU,323)

Doubles
[R1] Saketh Myneni (IND)/ Goncalo Oliveira (POR) l Evan King (USA)/ Julian Ocleppo (ITA) 06 36

Hopefully, Saki will show some good results in the singles ... He is facing an Italian Vavassori ... Mukund is facing Escobar.
In the doubles, a surprisingly one-sided loss for Saki and his partner Oliveira.


At $250K Nuernberger Versicherungscup 2019, Nuernberger, Germany

[R1] Alena Fomina (RUS)/ Prarthana Thombare (IND) l Mona Barthel (GER)/ Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) 16 46

Prarthana and Fomina lost in straight sets against a German pair.

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